ADVENTUROUS girls from a Greenock service station got themselves covered in mud to help a cancer charity — and raised double their target!

Staff from the BP station on Inverkip Road took part in a Cancer Research Race for Life ‘Pretty Muddy’ 5k.

They crawled through a mud pit, scrambled over a frame and battled through various other obstacles on the cross-country course at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow.

Deputy service station manager, Hayley Smith, said they had hoped to collect £1,000, but managed to reach £2,000.

Now BP will match-fund that amount, bringing it up to £4,000.

Hayley said: “We decided to do this for cancer research because most of us have been affected in some way by the illness.

“We want to do whatever we can to help the charity.”
Many local businesses donated items for a raffle at the station, and other competitions were also held to boost the total.

Hayley added: “We had a great day at the event, and we’re very grateful to everyone who helped us raise so much for such a good cause.”